Zarah Fairn vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Tale of the tape
The read
Level of competition
Zarah Fairn
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 0 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 5 | 2 |
Tier-weighted record quality: -0.01 · 1 tier-1/2 wins · 4 finish wins over 13 documented bouts
In the UFC: 0-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.2 wins over .500
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 5 | 2 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 0 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.39 · 6 tier-1/2 wins · 3 finish wins over 12 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-1 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.0 wins over .500
Striking
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Zarah Fairn
Distance 97.1% (norm 72.1%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 16.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 11.9%)
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Distance 97.2% (norm 80.3%) · Clinch 2.8% (norm 9.7%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.5%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Zarah Fairn
Head 90.8% (norm 74.7%) · Body 6.1% (norm 14.2%) · Legs 3.1% (norm 9.0%)
Jacqueline Cavalcanti
Head 70.6% (norm 75.2%) · Body 11.8% (norm 14.3%) · Legs 17.7% (norm 8.8%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Fairn L/A | Acc | Women's Featherweight med | Cavalcanti L/A | Acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 160 / 527 | 30.4% | 47.3% | 454 / 990 | 45.9% | 38.3% |
| In the clinch | 11 / 16 | too few to rate | 78.3% | 23 / 29 | 79.3% | 73.3% |
| On the ground | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.1% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 70.8% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 128 / 493 | 26.0% | 42.9% | 234 / 719 | 32.5% | 37.7% |
| To the body | 26 / 33 | 78.8% | 79.1% | 90 / 120 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| To the legs | 17 / 17 | too few to rate | 82.0% | 153 / 180 | 85.0% | 80.9% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Women's Featherweight: 3 fighters · Women's Bantamweight: 40 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Fairn L/A | Opp acc | Women's Featherweight med | vs Cavalcanti L/A | Opp acc | Women's Bantamweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 207 / 417 | 49.6% | 32.4% | 246 / 819 | 30.0% | 41.3% |
| In the clinch | 31 / 45 | 68.9% | 72.7% | 19 / 28 | 67.9% | 74.7% |
| On the ground | 40 / 52 | 76.9% | 72.2% | 3 / 6 | too few to rate | 74.2% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 149 / 355 | 42.0% | 26.3% | 132 / 666 | 19.8% | 38.1% |
| To the body | 59 / 76 | 77.6% | 60.3% | 55 / 91 | 60.4% | 73.2% |
| To the legs | 70 / 83 | 84.3% | 67.6% | 81 / 96 | 84.4% | 80.9% |
Grappling
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Cavalcanti has more cage time on record.